Sudhir Krishnaswamy

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Vice-Chancellor of National Law School of India University Dr Sudhir Krishnaswamy signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Maj Gen V. M. Chandran, Army Training Command in the presence of Lt Gen SS Mahal (cropped).jpg
Krishnaswamy in 2023
Born (1975-06-03) June 3, 1975 (age 48)
Alma mater National Law School of India University, University of Oxford
SpouseJayna Kothari
Awards Infosys Prize

Sudhir Krishnaswamy (born 1975) is an Indian academic, administrator, and civil society activist who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) [1] and is a co-founder of the not-for-profit research trust Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR). [2] Krishnaswamy took over as VC of NLSIU from R. Venkata Rao in September 2019. [3] [4] Krishnaswamy is the first alumnus of NLSIU to be appointed as the VC of the institution. [5] On 6 May 2020, Facebook appointed him to its content oversight board. [6] He was awarded the Infosys Prize 2022 in the Humanities category, for his insightful understanding of the Indian Constitution.

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Background and Education

Krishnaswamy was born on 3 June 1975 in Bangalore, India. Being an alumnus of St. Joseph's Boys' High School, he also graduated from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore with a B.A. LL.B. Subsequently, he read for the BCL at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. [7] He further obtained a D.Phil. from the same institution in 2008. [1] Krishnaswamy has been a Teaching Fellow in Law at the Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, an assistant professor at NLSIU and a professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. [2] He was head of School of Public Policy and Governance at Azim Premji University Bengaluru.[ citation needed ]

Krishnaswamy has also worked in the Prime Minister's Committee on Infrastructure and the Kasturirangan Committee on Governance of Bangalore. [8] He has authored a book titled ‘Democracy and Constitutionalism in India’ which was published by the Oxford University Press in 2009. [9]

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